The Dave Matthews Band Concert Recap

So it took two fulls days of being home before I was able to even write this damn post. Lots of resting and recuperation were necessary after that amount of partying. I think that I have not had that much fun at a concert in ages.

Or maybe since last year. One of the two...

What follows is a very brief photo tour. Our entrance had no pat downs or anything like that, but I was a tard and didn't bring a good camera to shoot with. Just something that fit into a pocket, and no tripod...

So long night shots.


Here is our parking, with the hatch on The Mad Scientist's car already open for business.

And the pre-show provisions. They do have booze inside, but what is the fun of going into the show without a decent buzz going on.

Here is a photo of the normal parking, from where we parked.

And here is the tour bus, as photographed from where we parked.

Meanwhile, The Mad Scientist felt it necessary to drink Astronaut Juice on the roof of the car. Astronaut Juice is a delightful mixture that would make NASA proud. It consists of a 1-1 mixture of Bacardi 151 and Water, and is flavored with Tang powder. An eight ounce serving is perfect, and tastes like nothing but Tang. The booze is totally hidden.

Here is our entrance, photo'd from the car.

I could not help but photograph the giant banner proclaiming just where we were.

Inside had to be one of the nicest concert area's ever. Flat screens to watch the show (for the poseurs who weren't there for the music), chars and tables everywhere, and a buffet.

They were just setting everything up when we went in the first time, and we snapped some photos and went back to the car to drink.

We played Frisbee for a while, had a few more drinks each, and then decided to go find our seats. The concert was a couple of hours away from starting, but we knew that we could go back to the lounge and hang out once we knew where we were sitting.

We found what had to be the shittiest seats at the concert.

Ours, thankfully were nowhere near those seats.

We ended up meeting some cool people. Adam and his wife moved here from the east coast, and we are all planning on hanging out in Seattle, and showing them around town.

Then the concert got underway... The light show was phenomenal right from the beginning. Blinding even.

The rest of the show was all but impossible to get a good photo of, but it was a really good time. I think I went through $100 in beers, but the convenience of having them delivered right to your seat makes that far to easy. The Mad Scientist drove, and we were back in Seattle by 3AM. I was in my house and in bed by 4... Though TMS told me that I drunk dialed Miss Very Nice on the way home, to see if she wanted to meet me there. Apparently not...

The only one waiting for me at home was one very pissed off dog.
(Wow, bad angle, he looks so scrawny in that picture when he happens to be a really big dog. I guess that the camera dropped 10lbs...)

He really looks pissed that he's been woken up...



All things considered, I had a great time and can't wait to go next year.